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Affliction

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Noun

1. affliction

a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity

2. affliction

a condition of suffering or distress due to ill health

3. affliction

a cause of great suffering and distress

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Affliction

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noun
1. 
a condition of great distress, pain, or suffering
2. 
something responsible for physical or mental suffering, such as a disease, grief, etc

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Affliction

see synonyms of affliction
noun
1. 
an afflicted condition; pain; suffering
2. 
anything causing pain or distress; calamity

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Affliction

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n.
1. A condition of pain, suffering, or distress: the affliction of arthritis. See Synonyms at trial.
2. A cause of pain, suffering, or distress: "The mount twists wind and weather to alter them into afflictions as a heartless monarch does laws" (William Least Heat-Moon). See Synonyms at burden.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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